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August 11, 2015 – St. Louis, MO Chackes, Carlson & Gorovsky, LLP, seek dismissal of Fr. Joseph Jiang’s lawsuit against the mother of the young boy who accused Jiang of sexual abuse. The victim’s mother is speaking out publicly for the first time: “As a parent I selected and paid for Catholic school because I […]

July 7, 2014 As was announced by the Archdiocese today, the Jane Doe 92 case has been settled. We will only be making the following statement and by the agreement reached today will not be making any further statements about this matter. We stand by our client and her allegations that she was raped […]

Lawyers from CCH filed a new sexual abuse lawsuit on April 9, 2014, against The Marianist Province of the United States and Chaminade College Preparatory School. The case involves sexual abuse of a high school student by Brother John Woulfe while he was supposed to be functioning as the student’s college counselor. The sexual abuse […]

On December 31, 2013, Judge Robert Dierker Ordered the Archdiocese of St. Louis to turn over to attorneys at Chackes Carlson the names of all priests who were credibly accused of sexual abuse over a 20-year period. This latest Order comes out of a case in which we represent a brave young woman who was […]

CCH attorneys Ken Chackes and Nicole Gorovsky filed a new lawsuit on behalf of a young teenage girl and her parents, seeking to hold the Archdiocese of St Louis and Archbishop Robert Carlson responsible for the injuries they caused due to sexual abuse of the young girl by a priest. The accused priest, Fr. Xiu […]

Attorneys from CCH on May 2, 2013, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the parents of a young man who committed suicide at the age of 21 after being sexually abused by a priest several years earlier. The suit alleges that the child was abused by Fr. Bryan Kuchar at a camp at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, designed […]

A lawsuit filed on February 5, 2013, accuses an unidentified male swim coach who worked at the Mid-County YMCA in Brentwood, of sexually abusing two students in the mid-1980s. The suit was filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court. Lawsuit Petition Post-Dispatch Article

“More than 1,200 formerly secret Boy Scouts’ files detailing accusations of child sex abuse within the organization from 1965 to 1985 were published online Thursday by lawyers, who said they offered lessons in the battle against pedophiles.” Attorneys from CCH represent victims of childhood sexual abuse throughout Missouri and Southern Illinois. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/18/14539592-boy-scouts-release-secret-child-abuse-files-the-pain-and-the-anguish-of-thousands?lite

The Missouri Supreme Court granted our request to hear our client’s case against Quest Diagnostics, involving the disclosure of his HIV status. Attorneys Ken Chackes and Bridget Halquist pursued the case through the Trial Court and Court of Appeals and are pleased to have the opportunity to argue to the Supreme Court for the protection […]